“[It’s] completely totally different from the federal government who rorted and stole and thieved. I can’t be lectured to by some corrupt authorities.”

The opposition chief refused to reply detailed questions in regards to the integrity disaster engulfing his occasion lower than 4 months from the state election, saying he wouldn’t remark as a result of the federal government had referred the issues to integrity businesses and Victoria Police.

The Unbiased Broad-based Anti-corruption Fee on Thursday stated it had obtained a grievance from the federal government.

“Each grievance IBAC receives is assessed in accordance with the IBAC Act to find out whether or not we are going to examine it, refer it to a different organisation for investigation, or dismiss it,” an IBAC spokesman stated.

“IBAC will probably be making no additional touch upon this matter at this stage.”

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Premier Daniel Andrews refused to be drawn on his authorities’s complaints to the integrity businesses, however senior authorities minister Danny Pearson stated Man wanted to “reply elementary questions on what’s occurring in his workplace”.

He known as on Catlin to launch an audited copy of Catchy Media Advertising and Administration’s monetary statements to make public what, if any, funds he was receiving.

“Since 2014 when Matthew Man first turned chief of the opposition, he’s portrayed himself to be the prince of probity, but he can’t or is not going to reply elementary questions on what’s occurring in his workplace,” Pearson stated.

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